Astor Place Opera House riot

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effect on Macready

...Macready’s last visit to America in 1849 a longstanding feud started by his rival, the American actor Edwin Forrest, erupted into tragedy. During a performance of Macbeth by Macready at the Astor Place Opera House in New York City, Forrest’s partisans tried to storm the theatre and thus started a riot in which more than 20 persons were killed and from which Macready narrowly escaped...

role of Forrest

...style, but a misunderstanding led him to publicly hiss a performance by William Macready, arousing great indignation in England. His disagreement with the English actor culminated in the so-called Astor Place riot in New York City in May 1849. While Macready was playing at the Astor Place Opera House, a mob of Forrest supporters stormed the theatre. The militia was called out, the rioters...

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